Persona Series x RWBY crossover

I do not own either one, They are Respectively owned by ATLUS and Roosterteeth

Including any additional add-ons from various games, anime, etc.


The Rebel Will

No Date confirmed Unknown Headquarters Morning

Back in the dark interrogation room Gaius was questioning Ruby of her recent memories. "It seems you've recovered a good portion of your memories. Very good." He said sternly as he flipped a paper over. "As you arrived at your hotel, you were heading out the next day to head to Shujin Academy." He continued as Ruby nodded as he then pulled out a photo that showed a team of Huntsmen with Gaius on it as well. "The Black Fang can ill-support the authorities with petty thieves, but with the methods they use to claim someone's life, some people couldn't allow us to simply ignore this. If anything, do you know why I was spared?" He asked as Ruby recalls.

"Hmm... I think... this started when we met Akira when we went to grabbing breakfast... I think... the place was called 'a blank'?" Ruby pondered as she crosses her arms as she began to recollect.

"You mean the Cafe Leblanc?" Gaius corrected.


*Wake up, Get up, Get out there

7/31 Japan Early Morning

As the Beacon students ready themselves for the day, Ruby noticed an odd application of an eye with a red background on her scroll. "How did this..." Ruby muttered.

"What's up, sis?" Yang asked as she walks towards her as she places her gauntlets on to its bracelet mode.

"Take a look at this app, I don't remember putting this thing on." Ruby told her as she showed her scroll.

Weiss and Blake soon took a peek as well. "Perhaps you were fiddling with your scroll? It's a real blessing how you haven't broken it yet." Weiss remarked.

"What? I only dropped it several times and it still in great condition!" Ruby denied.

"That IS a blessing, a miracle otherwise." Blake agreed as they started heading out.

Ruby sighed and went on deleting the app on her scroll. "I'm pretty sure I didn't even butt dial it on." She shrugged as she followed her team out.


*Beneath the Mask

"Today, we'll be heading to Shujin Academy after we have eaten breakfast nearby." Seta told the students as they walked through a tight residential district of Yongen-Jaya.

"Will it be a fancy diner somewhere than this place?" Yang beg to ask.

"No. The place I managed to find is inside Yongen-Jaya, a residential district." Seta simply put with Weiss sighing. They all walked through the tight street and alleyways until they reached a coffee shop. "I've called the manager of Cafe Leblanc earlier as he agreed to serve you his best curry he can make."

"Um... how is curry good for breakfast anyways, Mrs. Narukami?" Weiss questioned as Seta faced her as she walked backwards.

"Schnee-san, as a huntress, we may not be able to afford a balanced meal knowing it could be our last one. We may not afford to be picky." Seta told her as she face to where she's walking. "Besides, what better way to feed you curry to wake you up?"

"Ooh! With fire coming out of our mouths?" Nora assumes with everyone else sweat-dropping.

"Wait, did you say Leblanc?" Yosuke mentioned after he yawned looking at the sign.

"Oh yeah, Sakura-san does make the best curry." Yu pointed out.

"Compared the girls' curry..." Yosuke muttered.

"You both have been here before?" Blake asked.

"Yeah, last month, when we were on a mission." Yosuke recalled. "Makes you wonder how's he doing."

"It has been a while." Yu agreed.

"Sensei has made a friend here?" Teddie wondered.

"His name is Akira, he actually lives here in the attic." Yosuke mentioned, as they entered the coffee shop.


7/31 Cafe Leblanc Early Morning

The students all gathered into the coffee shop as they see a middle age man on a far end of the counter reading a newspaper. He has a slicked-back dark hair with a receding hairline, gray eyes, a chinstrap beard with a goatee that flares out, and wears glasses and wore a black apron with a white pinstripe design on it and has his pants legs folded up to mid calf.

"[Sojiro-san! It was nice of you to expect us.]" Seta greeted.

The man turned his head to Seta. "[Pretty much, Narukami-san.]" He chuckled as he place his newspaper down and stood up. "*Ahem* I am Sojiro Sakura. Welcome to my shop, students. Grab a seat and we'll grab the plates for you." He bowed to them headed to the kitchen with someone else watching the stove. "[Oi, hold up, watch the seasoning, Akira!]" He stated.

"[Right.]" He simply complied.

"This good sir, here, has volunteered to serve us for the time being, make sure you all show him your thanks during your stay." Seta told them.

Soon after the students took their seats and looked around. "I think I can get use to this atmosphere. It seems... retro." Ruby said.

"Yeah, it feels familiar, like those casual restaurants back home." Yang agreed.

"Regretfully, it fails in comparison to the restaurants I've been to." Weiss commented.

"Which I doubt anyone else cares." Yosuke retorted as Weiss scoffed as she sipped her coffee.

"The coffee and tea is very good." Ren agreed.

While the students were all complementing the coffee shop, Sojiro brought out the huge pot of curry. "Alright, grab your plate, and make sure everyone gets their share." He called out. Soon enough the person in the back came out, revealing him to be Akira, bringing out the rice pot and plates for them.

And so, they all managed to grab their piece of the curry. Turns out to be very good. "Wow... this tastes really good...!" Jaune commented.

"Indeed. A lot better than what Chie and the others made." Ren agreed ass they recalled the last nightmarish curry they had. The three were disappointed about that comment.

"How many times do we have to apologize...!?" Chie groaned.

They all gave their laughs as the frizzy-black-haired guy know as Akira made himself a plate after. "So how the life of a huntsman so far, Senpai?" Akira asked as he sat on a nearby open spot at their table.

"Meh, aside from fighting Grimm, schools the same like ours back home." Yosuke told him.

"You guys haven't told about your friend. Akira, was it?" Pyrrha wondered.

"I'm Akira Kurusu. A second-year at Shujin Academy." Akira introduced himself. "Now that I think of it, you guys are gonna have the school to yourselves.

"Because of summer vacation, yeah?" Kanji guessed.

"Sweet, looks like we all have summer vacation!" Sun agreed as he fistbump Neptune.

"Correction!" Seta interrupted as the students turned to her. "We are heading to Shujin Academy to learn about the Kingdom's culture. lectures and reading are all we're likely gonna do!" She pointed out with some of the students groaning.

"Hmm... Akira, why don't you show them to Shujin, I'll wash up." Sojiro asked as Akira agreed and went back to his room. Sojiro went and turned to the students. "So... you kids are huntsmen, right?" He wondered.

"That's right...?" Ruby answered.

"Ah, I see." Sojiro humbly look back to where Akira went. "Well, don't let me keep you. Akira should be able to guide you to where Shujin is." He said as he brought back the dishes to the kitchen.

"Alright, one you're all done, we will heading out to the train station nearby." Seta stated, making the students unsure.

"It's not gonna try to derail again, will it?" Jaune asked.

"Of course not... I hope." Seta gave a pause as she gave a cute look which left the students unfazed. "... Off we go!" She marched out with the student giving sweat-drops.

"Aren't we going?" Akira asked as he came down from the attic as he dons a summer uniform, along with his school bag he's carrying.

On the train again, the students were a little uneasy after their previous train ride, but still took the ride to the Academy. "... And that's how I get to school. School passes allows me to take the train without the fee." Akira finished.

"Seriously? We never had any transport fee in Vale... I think..." Ruby wondered.

"I guess the strictness extends to everything, huh...?" Jaune assumed.

While they were about to ask more questions, Zwei came out of Ruby's backpack as he yipped, much to the students surprise. "Zwei!?"

Ruby began to stutter until a cat, with blue eyes and a white muzzle, and a yellow collar, popped out of Akira's bag, hissing at the corgi. "W-Whoa, Mona!" Akira staggered as they both tried to calm their pets down.

"Oh, did Zwei-chan smell a cat?" Yukiko guessed.

"More importantly, why are you bringing Zwei to school? And why are you bring your pet cat?" Weiss questioned them.

"What do you mean? I can't just leave him back at the hotel, who knows what kind of mess he'll make?" Ruby explained.

"... It's because he can fit in my school bag." Akira simply answered as his cat dived back into the bag. "His name is Morgana. I... found him on the way home." He told them as Morgana meowed. "I may actually stay on good behavior if I can take care of a pet."

"Take care of?" Pyrrha wondered.

"Still, you sure it's a good idea to bring them to school? Pretty sure pets aren't allowed." Yosuke mentioned.

Morgana: *Meow*

"He said there's no problem he sneak around stay low when I'm done." Akira state, much to their surprise.

"Huh? You can understand him!?" Teddie asked with surprise as Morgana meowed again.

"I did took him in a while back, so I figured I'd know what he might say." Akira stated. "He's quite the alley cat."

"Still, what are we gonna do about Zwei-chan?. Leave in the her backpack?" Blake assumed.

The overhead speaker notified their destination in Japanese as they relayed it in English to the Beacon students. Shujin Academy awaits. "I guess that'll be your option." Akira answered.


7/31 Shujin Academy Morning

The Beacon students followed Akira as Morgana jumped out the back as he roamed into an alley on his own, as Akira continues to walk towards the school gate. "We're here." He told them as they gaze upon the front of the school's building.

"Wow... so blocky..." Nora commented.

"For a school like this, it's impressive to fit a campus in a middle of a city." Neptune followed.

"But it fails in comparison with Atlas Academy." Weiss denied.

"And what about Beacon?" Yosuke retorted as they both glared at each other.

"Alright children, we are to head into the gymnasium. Kurusu-kun, can you show them to the gym? I have to speak with the principle." Seta requested.

"Huh? Er... okay...?" Akira reluctantly agree as Seta went on ahead. When he recalled the gym he soon realizes something. "Oh right, there was an announcement!" He recalls as several Shujin Students passed by.

"Was it about us?" Yu guessed.

"I think so." Akria agreed. "Follow me."

Just as the students proceeded inside the school, Yang noticed Rise and Naoto were missing. "Hmm? Hey, Kanji, weren't Naoto and Rise with us?" She asked.

"Nah, their guys called them and they wanted to do somethin' with them." Kanji replied.

"Their guys?" Blake repeated.

"Rise-chan's an Idol, so her talent agency wanted to do some events with her and Naoto's an Detective. I'm guessing they wanted a report about her time outside the Kingdom, I think?" Yosuke followed up.

"No surprise there, they even had to leave earlier." Chie agreed.

"What? I didn't even noticed they left...!" Ruby realized.

"It's best to say that none of us did." Ren assumed.

They arrived at the gym as the rest of the student body gathered as well as they gossiped about the Huntsmen in the back.

"Thank you all for coming today, my students, as well as the Huntsman from Beacon Academy. I am Principle Kobayakawa." The Principle addressed. "I would like to know how much of an honor to welcome you all to my elite prep school of Shujin." While he was continuing with his speech, the Beacon Students couldn't help the fact that the Pirnciple was... big... by his own means and didn't exactly payed attention to his speech. "... And thus, True freedom lies within the constructs of society." He stated as he finished. "Now, I hope that what knowledge we can offer you will benefit your wisdom to further your career. Right now, our school is closed for the summer, so what better opportunity for this cultural exchange. I will have the Student Council President to show your selected classroom for your lectures." He stated as he passed the microphone to his Student Council President.

"Thank you, Principle. My name is Makoto Niijima, a third-year student, as he says, I am the Student Council President of Shujin Academy. It's an honor to meet you all" Makoto introduced herself formally.

"Niijima? That sounds familiar..." Sun mentioned.

"Probly' her younger sister to that prosecutor we saw in Vale?" Kanji guessed.

"Gotta say, she looks... pretty good." Neptune commented as he took a good look at her.

"This is the first time our school has invited another student body for an actual cultural exchange. Learning about others is to learn about oneself, the first step on self-improvement and for others around them. We will see to it that we do our best to accomplish that. Let's enjoy our time together, Thank you very much." Makoto addressed followed by a bow.

"Student Council President?" Ruby wondered.

"You could say they're like a high-ranking officer that help runs the school. A lot of schools in our Kingdom have them." Yu explained.

"Alright everyone, get into your groups with your classmates!" Seta addressed as did as they were told. The Shujin Students continued their gossiping about the Beacon Students as one of them approached them. "Erscus me." One of them asked in poor English. He had spiky blue-tinted black hair and a supposely "average" face. With a Shujin Academy's standard winter uniform with the shirt untucked, the suspenders off his shoulders, and without the blazer . He also wears white tennis shoes with green accents.

The Beacon Students couldn't understand what he said so Yu suggested he translate for him. "[Oh... thanks, anyways, are you guys really Huntsmen?]" he asked as Yu translated his question.

"Yep, I'm Ruby Rose. First-year student at Beacon Academy and Leader of Team RWBY." Ruby replied as the translator mediated back.

"[Wow... Huntsmen in the flesh... Oh also, I'm Yuuki Mishima, Second-year student here.]" Mishima introduce himself. "[If I can ask, were you guys the ones who help stop a train accident the other day?]" He asked.

"Uh... yeah?" Ruby replied as Mishima staggered with surprise.

"[No way...! You guys saved a lot of people from that accident. Safe to say that you have our thanks.]" Mishima told them. Soon enough, more of the Shujin students gathered before the Beacon Students as they were baffled at the curious students.

"[Hey! Settle down, all of you!]" Makoto declared as the student president approached them herself. "You made a reputation when you guys stopped the runaway train. At any case, here's your guy's schedule for your week." She told them as she passed out their schedules. "I have some arrangements to take care of, so Mishima will guide you to your designated I'm looking forward to getting to know each other." She said as she left.

"[Our class is on the second floor, classroom 2-D. We we're gonna share some lectures depending on what you want hear. So what did you guys wanna know?]" Mishima asked as the Beacon students looks at the pamphlet.

"So we can select what we wanna know?" Weiss asked as Mishima nodded in response.


7/31 Beacon Academy Daytime

World of Remnant: Black Fang

Back at Ozpin's office, he started up another audio document as the screen projects an image on screen on his desk once more as Souji's voice appeared.

"The Black Fang? Ah yeah, those guys are okay." He stated. "... I'm guessing you guys want more of an in-depth details of the guild, right? Then let me put it in words of m own."

The screen then displayed the map of Remnant. "The Black Fang weren't originally residence of the Kingdom of Japan, they were... in truth, actually a broken faction from the White Fang." Souji explained as the screen zooms into the center, viewing the White Fang symbol as shattered specs broke apart from the emblem.

The screen then show two opposing sides with the white and black silhouettes of faunus were on different sides and looked like they were arguing at each other. "There was clear in-fighting due to their ideals conflicting each other. The White Fang ideas of demanding respect from the humans still held for the White Fang, to use radical means to prove their ideals, their results even showed. The Black Fang on another hand, sought out a different path and a more peaceful and subtle solution. They would earn the human's respect by humanely means, working together, fighting along their human allies in order to improve the relations with the races, despite the low results." Souji explained.

"Things took for the worst for the Black Fang when tensions ran too high. At a certain time, the White Fang planning an attack on a human settlement and the Black Fang wouldn't have any of it and turned against their White Fang siblings." The screen showed the Fangs on different sides and a town symbol in the center. It then show the Black Fang attacking the White Fang as they placed themselves between the town and the White Fang.

"After that, their council had the last straw and banished the Black Fang from their ranks and they were sent to wander Remnant as mercenaries. Eventually a trip on the water and they arrived on Japan." The screen showed the Black Fang traveling around the world as they're then saw on Japan's shore with the natives greeting them.

"Their time in that Kingdom allowed them to grow, they also have the chance to provide the Kingdom with their combat capabilities with the Kingdom's samurai against their common enemy. Eventually they were given recognition for their service and became one of Japan's military guild, with allowing humans to join their ranks being the first of their acts." The screen showed the Black Fang and the local warriors pointing their weapons at the creatures of Grimm and the screen showed the Black Fang bowing to the King of Japan and other silhouettes being people, praising the Black Fang with human-looking silhouettes behind their guild leader. Eventually, they became a guild hub for Huntsmen, foreign and native.

"... You asking how I know this much? Well- um... L-Let's just say that I know a friend who's part of the guild. Besides, their little story of the Guild's background is common knowledge that the people, you'd be surprised that it's been a while ever since." Souji stuttered as the screen faded back to the map of Japan. "Every hardship they been through, their code of honor remains intact. 'One does not demand respect; it's earned', one hell of an act of defiance against the White Fang. You hear that so often, you eventually earn respect yourself." He chuckled as the video ends fading to black.


7/31 Shujin Academy After School

The Principle invited Seta into the Principle's Office as he wanted to discuss something to her. "You know, the way you asked me to your office, it might've been asking me to do something dirty for you, Kobaya-san" Seta chuckled daringly.

"I assure you it is nothing of that sorts!" Kobayakawa stuttered as he sweat-dropped. I actually was hoping to ask for your time and assistance."

"Oh?" Seta smile went down as she showed a frowning expression. "Are you... asking me..." Seta sternly continued. "... Out on a date!?" She gasped with disgust as the Principle's eye widen by the bombdrop. "Goodness, I'm married for the love of-"

"What!? N-No! NO! That's is not what I'm talking about! Why would I do that to one of the saviors of Japan! I'm not exaggerating!" The Principle staggered. "I'm actually here to ask for a job that befits Huntress and her students." He calmly told her.

"Oh, so that's you were talking about! And I thought I had to gut you for that joke." Seta laughed it off, as the Principle remained silent on the threat. "So what are you asking us to do? You know my student are only here for vacation." Seta explained.

"Yes... well... Have you about the incidents going on around Tokyo, especially one regarding the Phantom Thieves?" Kobayakawa mentioned.

"Yes... they're on the rise of late. Let me guess, you were going to ask for our help, is that right?" Seta guessed.

"If that is no trouble." The Principle begged. "If you can, you may use the foreign students to aid you. Of course, you will be compensated for-"

Seta slammed her hand of the Principle's desk much to Kobayakawa's frighten surprise. "So you are saying that I can use my son and his friends for your little hunt for those petty thieves, is that right?" Seta assume irritatingly. "First off, you have quite the nerve to make a student do your bidding, especially foreign students! Second, we all know that the Black Fang has little time for them, so why haven't you ask help from the police?"

Principle Kobayakawa stuttered his words as he tries to put his foot down. "N-Now see here! I'm trying to help my students! Those Phantom Theives are causing a uproar in my school and the student body are being influenced by them, those no good ruffians!" He explained.

"So you'd send in foreign young huntsmen to clean up a mess that is mainly civil to our Kingdom. We don't even know or have any proof of how they appeared. You're asking me this, but do you have anything to go on?" Seta questioned.

"Ngh... well..." Principle Kobayakawa.

"... You're being quite." Seta noted with her eyes open with her terrifying glare at him. "If you know something you will need to tell me." She coldly told him as he sweat bullets. "Or is this about the confession our disbarred Huntsman you took in?"

The principle jerked his head at the Huntress. "H-How did you-"


"That lecture was too long...!" Nora groaned. The Beacon Students, along with a couple Shujin students, Akira and Mishima, were all taking a rest in the school's courtyard.

"At least we learned a thing or two." Ren replied.

"The Black Fang... I thought they were just another group of thugs, but..." Weiss commented.

Team RWBY turned to her teammate Blake. "Everything Sensei Kawakami explained... I don't think she's wrong. Actually, everything she said about the Black Fang, I think I know a relative but..." Blake mentioned.

"Wait, you know a relative?! In the Black Fang!?" Weiss exclaimed with surprise.

"That's just it. The guys in the White Fang really resented the Black Fang, pretty much every time someone mentions the Black Fang, they end up dissing them; make bad remarks about them, death threats, you name it." Blake told them.

"[So they're at odds with each other?]" Akira wondered.

"Yeah. Those White Fang guys mean business when we met. Frankly we've managed to dealt with them last month." Yang chuckled.

As they continued chatting a pair of student came up to them from the school. A delinquent-looking blonde and a stylish student with a hoodie under her uniform. "Yo, Akira! So this is where you were.]" The delinquent said.

"[Oh, are they the exchange students?]" The stylish girl asked.

"[Yes, these guys are from Beacon Academy. Outside Japan.]" Akira told them as he turned to the Beacon students. "[These two are my friends, Ann and Ryuji.]" He introduced his friends.

"[Oh cool!]" Ryuji exclaimed as he approached them. [The name's Ryuji Sakamoto. How's it going?]" He said with a handshake.

"Uh... Hi! Ruby Rose." Ruby replied as she shook hands.

"I'm Ann Takamaki." Ann introduced herself as well. "I hope we can get along."

"Wow... what a beauty..." Teddie muttered with awe.

"Oh, you can speak English?" Pyrrha wondered with surprise.

"Yeah, I use to live in Mistral at one point so I'd know some English..." Ann mentioned as she then took a good look at Pyrrha. "Wait... I saw you at one of the Regional Tournaments!" She exclaimed

"You were there?" Pyrrha realized.

"That's right. I'm a fan of yours truly." Ann commented. "If you guys are going to be around we could probably show you to some good restaurants in the city, if you want."

"I think we're free in the afternoon so-" Akira mentioned until they hear Morgana meowing nearby as they all see the cat outside the school gate.

"Is that... Morgana? He waited around all day?" Chie asked.

"[Right... hey, dude.]" Ryuji turned to Akira as he nodded in response.

"[Actually, there's something we needed to take care of, unfortunately.]" Akira told them.

"[Is it a school project]?" Yu asked with eye contact, with Akira assuming what he's going on about.

"[... Yeah.] Akira nodded as he turned to the Beacon students. "[I'm sure your Yasogami High friends can guide you where ever you go. See you guys later.]" He wave as he and his friends left.

"Huh... it must be a big group project if they had to leave the school..." Ruby wondered.

"They probably had to grab supplies, maybe?" Yosuke assumed.

"...? Narukami-san, Hanamura-san, are you certain that is what Morgana said?" Aigis recalled, much to their surprise.

"What the- Whoa! Aigis, you can understand cat now!?" Yosuke staggered.

"Cats and Dogs don't have a language, but speech is not the only way of communication." Aigis explained.

"She's full of surprises." Minato reassured with a thumbs up along with Junpei and Yukari nodding behind him as everyone else, that's not a Gekkoukan student, were surprised.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Mishima exclaimed.

"Do... you by any chance understand what Zwei was saying...?" Weiss asked.

"He asked; 'when is dinner?'" Aigis translated as they all sweat-dropped.

"Uh... I don't think we need to worry about them, please..." Yu begged as Yosuke nodded eagerly agreed.

While they waited for Seta from her meeting with the Principle, Alvin came up to the school gates as he find the Beacon students. "Hey Yu, is Seta around?" He asked as he walks up to them.

"Alvin-san? No, she still talking the Shujin Principle. Is something the matter?" Yu asked as he notices Alvin with a stern expression.

"I can't really say..." Alvin replied with a pained expression.

"It's about Gaius-kun, is it not?" Seta answered as she appeared out of the school building.

"Gaius-sensei? Did something happened?" Yu asked.

A moment of silence as Seta answered her son with a sad expression. "I'm afraid Gaius-kun has suffering from a Mental Shutdown."

"What!?" Yu exclaimed.

"A Mental Shutdown... The Black Fang leader!?" Yosuke exclaimed.

Everyone else were wondering who they were talking about. "Gaius? Black Fang?" Blake muttered.

"Wait, hold on, what about the Black Fang leader? Is he sick?" Chie asked.

"And a mental shutdown?" Yukiko recalls. "The body would be unable to move in such condition..."

"Okaa-san. Is Gaius-sensei..." Yu dreaded the thought.

"He's okay. He a real fighter with a strong will, Yu-kun. A symptom like that won't kill him so easily." Seta reassured with Yu giving a sigh of relief as Seta turns to Alvin. "Did you came with an update, you could've text me on our cell scroll

"I happened to be nearby, actually. Anyways, he's been transported back to his residence and resting. We also have a nurse monitoring his condition." Alvin reported.

"Thank goodness." Seta sighed.

"So... what are we gonna do today?" Nora asked.

"Hmm..." Seta pondered what to do next. "How about we visit the Black Fang guild?" She suggested much to the Beacon Students surprise with exclamation marks, excluding the students of Gekkoukan and Yasogami.

"What...?" Yang muttered.

"The Black Fang...!? Are you sure we're permitted to even enter?" Weiss questioned with baffled surprise.

"I assure, it's fine. It is a guild where many individuals could likely ask for jobs. The headquarters is also a central hub for employing Huntmen with the usual mission boards that your school provided you all." Seta explained, despite Weiss's reluctant relief. "Now then, we will be taking the train to Shibuya's commercial district." She told them as they followed.


7/31 Shibuya, Tokyo Afternoon

As they got off the train and headed out of the station, they see Rise on the "Sapphire" posters and even on commercials. "What the... Is Rise that popular!?" Weiss questioned in awestruck.

"Oh my god! Risette's making another album!?" Junpei exclaimed as her huntsmen fans rushed towards and gathered at a single poster.

"And the date, it's so far away..." Yosuke sighed heavily.

"It's looks like you have a rival Weiss." Yang smirked.

"Oh please! She has poor taste in fashion and it's only drawing a crowd with poor taste!" Weiss denied.

"Right, says a girl with a quality type of crowd over a quantity of people." Yosuke egged her.

"Sure enough, true words of a rival." Kanji sighed as Weiss scoffed.

"Well, if you put it in a idol category, Weissy-chan would be perfect in the cool-type idols." Yosuke mentions.

"Oh yeah. And Risette's perfect in the passion-type." Junpei pointed out as well. Weiss finds it annoying how they're comparing her to Rise like that.

They still went on about idols as they walked outside the station, they find themselves in the crowded streets.

"I never thought Shibuya would be this crowded..." Yukiko said as she looks around.

"You're telling me..." Sun sighed as he keeps bumping around others.

"So... the HQ, where's it at, again?" Ruby asked her teacher.

"Across the road, and into an alley. Going straight out from there and you'll find a building with a symbol of a Black Tiger's head." Seta explained to her as she guided them.

Although the passed the stoplight, the crowd of people was very dense enough that Ruby lost the group she was with. "What the... guys?" Ruby said as she looked around for her friends.

Weiss: "Ruby!"

Jaune: "I'm here!"

Jaune and Weiss came to her presence and help her to an open spot of congregated mess. "At this rate, we'll be left behind." Weiss groaned.

"Right, sorry." Ruby apologized as she then looked around her surrounding. "So... any idea where we should go?" Ruby asked as Weiss looked even more disappointed.

"Professor Narukami said to go into an alley. I think the first alley when we enter this place." Jaune suggested.

Suddenly, Zwei jumped out of Ruby's backpack as the huntress staggered in response. "Z-Zwei!? Wait!" Ruby exclaimed as Jaune and the reluctant heiress followed suit. Soon enough, they followed Zwei towards an alley as he went to mark his territory. "Zwei... stop running all over the place!" Ruby groaned.

"In a different kingdom, that'll be bad..." Jaune agreed as he scanned their surrounding. "Uh... is this the alley?" He wondered.

"Oh! Well, I guess this is the way!" Ruby assumed with Weiss sighed in response. As they passed a middle-aged Faunus with a lizard tail was sweeping in front of his store, catching wind of the students walking pass him as he watches them walking away.

"Okay, so we head straight out of the alley and we'll be able to find the HQ place, right." Ruby recalled.

But before they left the alleyway, their surrounding suddenly started to distort without them noticing as they felt a slight headache.

"Ugh... what the..." Jaune stuttered.

"Wait, you felt that too?" Ruby asked as she rubbed her head.

"I thought I was the only one." Weiss mentioned as they continued walking out.


No Date confirmed Unknown Headquarters Morning

"There was an incident that almost became an accident, due to your endeavors, remember that? The engineer that was operating at that time suffered a psychotic breakdown and he wasn't the first of many victims of the 'Psychotic breakdown incident.'" Gaius mentioned.

"I may have heard of that a while back but..." Ruby recalled as she pondered, lost in thought.

"I can assume the drug are still affecting you? Those incidents were all over the news, including a teacher at Shujin... Of course you students weren't there at the time." Gaius explained. "Still back to the part where you arrived at my 'Headquarters, did you noticed something odd about my guild? Do you remember what happened at that time?" He asked as Ruby continues her recollection.


7/31 Black Fang Headquarters Afternoon

They managed to find the Black Fang guild, but what they saw before them, was completely out of the ordinary. An oriental castle in the middle of modern buildings surround it.

"Is this the place?" Jaune asked.

"Well it does have the Black Fang symbol." Ruby answered as she pointed. It did show the Black Fang symbol of a black-colored Tiger on the wall.

"I never knew their Headquarters was so... Wait, these guys were mercenaries, right? I never knew they actually established a place so..." Weiss commented despite being speechless.

"Oh right, the others should be inside already, let's go." Ruby decided as Weiss followed.

"Don't you guys think that there's something off about this place...? Er... Weiss? Ruby...? W-Wait up!" Jaune begged as he followed them in.

Unbeknownst to them some silhouette peeked behind a corner as they watched them going in. "Oh shit... they went in!" A vulgar voice grunted.

"Are they the students you guys mentioned. If they don't know what to do, they might be in trouble if they're caught." A boy's calmed voice mentioned.

"We can all blame Skull for rushing it." A female's voice pointed out.

"Aright, alright, sorry!" Skull responded back rudely. "So what should we do, Joker? We gotta get them out of there."

All turned to their leader as he came up with a plan.


As the three entered the Headquarters, they only find an empty oriental hall which flickers between a modern hall. "Uh... Am I seeing things?" Jaune wondered.

It... has to be-... Jaune, where did you get that mask?" Weiss asked as she and Ruby turn to see Jaune with a white metallc visor masking his eyes.

"Mask?" Jaune repeated as he checked his face. "Huh!? When did I...?" Jaune staggered as he tries to take it off, despite no avail. "Ngh, I can't get it off!" He exclaimed he was about to ask the girls as he noticed something on their faces as well. "Wait, you guys have masks, too!" He point back.

Ruby and Weiss were as surprised as well as they look towards each other. Ruby had a gothic-looking mask on her face as Weiss has a pure white mask with a chapeau, including a feather, on her head. "How on Remnant did we get these mask on!?" Weiss questioned.

"I dunno!" Ruby replied as they all try to peel the masks off, only to stop when they felt jolt of pain from it. "Ow... it's glued on...!" Ruby cried.

"H-Hey, this isn't some odd trick-thing the Black Fang pulled on us, right!?" Jaune wondered as he panicked.

"They aren't barring our sight though..." Weiss noted. Apparently they can still see through their masks with no blindsides. "Ugh... those Black Fang stooges are a lot to answer for!" Weiss declared.

Just then they see a masked samurai walking towards them as Weiss step up to him. "You there! What is the meaning of these masks!? Where did these things come from?" She questioned as the masked samurai stood silent. "Why are you being quite? Say something!" The Heiress demanded as another masked samurai stepped in from another side. "Uh... Hey...!" She stuttered as she stepped back a few spaces.

Suddenly another pair of figures appeared behind them, this time a pair of masked shinobi blocking their exit. "Weiss, I don't think they're here to greet us..." Ruby realized.

"You're all trespassing and not supposed to be here! Seize the assassins!" One of the masked samurai commanded.

"Assassins...? Wait, what!?" Jaune exclaimed by surprise.

The guards instantly surrounded them as Weiss tries to retaliate with her semblance, but with no avail. "...!? My glyphs! My semblance isn't working!?" She stuttered as Ruby and Jaune had exclamation marks.

"What!?" Ruby exclaimed as she didn't see the other samurai raising his fist and smacking her in the face, rendering her unconscious.

"Ruby!" Weiss and Jaune exclaimed as their voices fade out of her ears.


Outside the Black Fang Headquarters, the Beacon students were waiting on their friends as Yu and his friends regrouped with them. "I can't believe it, did they get lost?" Chie wondered.

"This is a huge city, it's no surprise that this place hard to find..." Yosuke agreed.

"Ruby-chan... Weissy-chan..." Teddie worried.

"... It's no good, she's not picking up on her scroll..." Yang told them with concern.

Maybe... the connection is bad?" Nora guessed.

Soon enough Team MAYJ arrived as well. "Were you guys able to find them?" Yu asked.

"No dice, actually, Team MASK was calling for us." Minato shook his head.

"Mitsuru-senpai said that we had to help with prepping up our end with your vacation." Yukari mentioned.

"Lucky you guys..." Junpei sighed.

"I understand. We'll be fine on our end, can you see if you find Ruby-chan and the others along your way?" Yu requested.

"We will see if Ruby-san, Jaune-san, and Weiss-san are around nearby." Aigis confirmed as they left.

"I can understand Jaune and Ruby might end up lost, but Weiss?" Ren realized.

"Hmm... this may be difficult to find them, but I hope that they're all together at least." Pyrrha hoped.

Yu's cell scroll rung as he picked it up, a text from someone with important written on it. "Yosuke!" Yu beckoned quietly to his teammate as he show the text to him, much to his surprise as well.

"Oh crap...!" Yosuke stuttered. "Are they nearby?"

"One way to find out." Yu responded as he turned to his friends. "Me and Yosuke will check elsewhere, we'll meet back here soon enough." He assured as he and Yosuke rushed off.

"Huh? H-Hey! ... Where are they going?" Chie wondered.


"Ruby! Ruby!"

Ruby sight began to focus as regained her hearing with seeing Weiss and Jaune above her. "Nugh..." Ruby groaned as she rubs her head, rubbing around the mask on her, that is. "What... happened...?" She asked as she then realize her surroundings, with all three of being trapped in a big cage. "Wait a second, are you guys okay?" She asked.

"I'm good, but they took Crocea Mors from me..." Jaune replied as he took his scroll out. "And our scrolls are out of service." He mentioned dejectedly.

"And Myrtenaster as well. They must bold enough to only stripped our weapons from us." Weiss included. Right on the lien, even Crescent Rose as well. "I have no idea what they were thinking, but why did they call us assassins?"

"I couldn't be because of these masks, we can't even get them off..." Ruby included as she stood up a she searched the cage, approaching the locked door before them. "Still, we need to get out of here and get our weapons back..." She stated. "First, we gotta get out of this cage..." She pointed out as she shook the cage door. They tried to lockpick the lock but the tools they brought with them wasn't efficient. Eventually she and Jaune were ramming it... with no avail.

"This certainly not working in out favor." Weiss assumed as she watches them.

"You could've help!" Ruby retorted as she and Jaune were sore from attempting to break the cage door.

"Wow... Took you this long to calm down?" A boyish voice rung out as a odd feline-looking creature with a yellow scarf peeked out of the bushes nearby and approached the caged Huntsmen. "For a bunch of Huntsmen, you're all so clumsy." It gloated.

"What!? What the heck is this thing...?" Jaune staggered, stepping back.

"Clumsy? I'm not the clumsy one! Who do you think you are you little imp!?" Weiss exclaimed with denial.

"Ha, bold disrespect coming from a rich girl in the cage. And here I am breaking you guys out." It scoffed.

"Your letting us out? Then you aren't with the Black Fang here?" Ruby asked.

"Not at all. Actually, this place, these soldiers, they aren't even the real deal. Just a bunch of Shadow of this palace." It corrected, leaving the Huntsmen confused.

"I don't even understand what you are talking about, you cat-thing! And what are you?" Weiss questioned.

"! Shhh!" It immediately scampered off as it went of sight before a pair of guards patrolled nearby.

"So when are we gonna execute those assassins?" One of the guards asked.

"Soon enough. Orders are orders." The other guard reassured as they both walked away.

Soon after the cat-looking creature reappeared out from behind the bush. "Ugh... seriously quiet down. I can't get you out so easily if you guys chatter so loudly!" It demanded silently.

"We don't even know who you are." Weiss told it quietly.

"Figures... My name is Morgana, missy." Morgana introduced himself.

"Morgana?" Jaune wondered. "Where did I hear that name...?"

"Anyways... an acquaintance of mine requested me and my crew to bust you guys out, so if you want to escape, you better follow me." Morgana told them.

"But our weapons were taken, we can't just leave our extension of ourselves here!" Ruby recalled.

"Geez, must you make my job even harder? You guys even went so far with tampering with this lock..." Morgana groaned. "Fortunately, I manage to see where they store them."

"You'll help us get them back?" Jaune said.

"Just keep a low profile and we should be scotch-free from this palace." Morgana told them as the door unlocked. "Alright, follow me!" Morgana ordered as they reluctantly obeyed. They left the yard as they snuck through the halls of the oriental castle, although... as they crept through halls, they haven't spotted any guards until Morgana peeked around the corner. "That's the room with your weapons. If we can beat those two Shadows we should be able to grab what you guys are looking for." He told them as the huntsmen also peeked around the corner as well.

"Those guys look big, but how can we fight without our weapons...?" Jaune mentioned.

"What do you mean? Don't you guys have your Personas?" Morgana wondered.

"Oh, right! We have them, but... wait, how did you know about our Personas?" Weiss questioned.

"What do you mean? You have those masks right? Rip'em off and you have your Personas." Morgana explained, leaving the students baffled.

"What? But we've tried. These masked are glued tight on our faces for god-knows-how!" Weiss exclaimed.

"Huh? Aren't you guys Persona-" Morgana questioned back but their commotion drew the enemies attention.

"Huh...? Who's there!?" One of the samurai guard exclaimed as they both started to approached them.

The Huntsmen staggered as Morgana scanned its surrounding. "Hmm... Let's use this as an advantage." He suggested.

As the guard turned to the corner, it saw nothing as it patrolled onward as the students came out of hiding from behind several furniture. "Close..." Ruby sighed quietly as they followed Morgana to the room where their weapons were.

When they entered the room, it started to distort briefly. "Whoa, what's up with this room...?" Jaune wondered as the room.

"Ah... this might actually be a safe room..." Morgana answered.

"A safe room?" Ruby repeated.

"Given to the lack of distortion here, the ruler's control here is weaker." Morgana explained. "See how this room fazes between two types of architecture?" He mentions as they watched room phases to a modern-looking room and back to an old oriental room.

"Distortion? What are you talking about?" Weiss questioned.

"Of course you guys wouldn't get it right away. This palace is another reality that the ruler's heart projects." Morgana continued. "You guys still don't get it, right?"

Weiss and Jaune were still stumped as Ruby took a closer look around the room, only to find their weapons on the ground. "Crescent Rose!" Ruby gasped as she rushes towards her weapon a hugs it tight. "Oh I missed you so much!"

"Huh? Crocea Mors! Why are they on the ground...?" Jaune wondered. As he said their weapons were laying on the ground, even Myrtenaster was pinned on the surface of the floor.

"Unbelievable! They have the nerve to place my weapon like this!?" Weiss grunted as she check her weapon all over.

Soon after they reequip their weapons back, they began their strategy on escaping. "So... what on earth is going on with this place anyways? Is this the Black Fang Headquarters?"

"Well... Yes and no." Morgana corrected. "This place what I call a palace, a reality of what the ruler perceives. A world in which one's distorted desires have materialized."

"A palace...? Then this castle is actually the Black Fang HQ, but what the ruler views it as is...?" Weiss assumes.

"Correct." The cat followed. "You guys are also curious about those masks on your faces, right?" He mentioned.

"Yeah, this is weird, where and how did these masks get on our faces, anyways?" Jaune asked.

"Well, for starters, anything in these palaces can distorts according to how the ruler pleases within. A Headquarters can turn into a castle, after all. Normally, in order to prevent any distortions on yourselves, one must hold a powerful will of rebellion." Morgana explained, yet he still looked perplexed. "Still, you guys haven't summoned your Personas in here, yet, is that right?"

They all nodded. "But what do these masks have to do with out Personas?" Weiss asked.

"Well, one's appearance is a manifest an image of rebellion that you guys hold within. Seeing how this is your guy's first time here, your entire outfit hasn't developed." Morgana pointed.

"We have an outfit?" Ruby asked.

"Coming from someone who witnessed a method, you'll have to rip off the mask in order to summon your Persona." Morgana mentioned.

"But the masks are glued tight onto our faces. We'll only end up ripping off our skin in the process." Jaune recalls.

"Well of course it's gonna hurt." Morgana stated. "If you guys are really huntsmen, then you'll have to deal with it. I'm pretty sure you already know that survival is't pretty."

A moment of silence filled the air as Ruby decided to ask another question. "So... what are you?" Ruby asked.

"Uh... I'm a human-an honest-to-god human." Morgana replied.

"You obviously look more of a cat." Weiss denied.

"This is... because I lost my true form! ... I'm... probably a Faunus... or so... I think..." Morgana retorted with a stutter.

Jaune: "You think?"

"Look, I have an idea to regain my true form. But right now, me and my crew are trying to help you guys escape." Morgana told them.

"Oh, now that I think of it, who is your acquaintance? Is he someone you know?" Ruby mentioned.

"I think you guys call them Yu and Yosuke?" Morgana recalled.

"Yosuke and Narukami? You know them?" Weiss exclaimed.

"Of course, their assistance provided us a successful raid against a con-artist." Morgana boasted.

"Con-artist..." Weiss recalls a certain artist in mind. "Are you referring to Madarame... are you?"

"You know about that Madarame guy?" Morgana asked.

"Isn't he the one who used his students and plagiarized their artwork?" Weiss added.

"No surprise there, we had to change his heart. He was truly a corrupted individual who made a profit off of his students." The cat said.

"Changing his heart...?" Ruby muttered as she soon realized. "Wait, are you one of those Phantom Thieves?"

"That's right. We're the ones who stole his treasure and took his desires." Morgana boasted as the revelation surprised the Huntsmen.

"The Phantom Thieves? Wait, THOSE Phantom Thieves?" Jaune exclaimed.

Morgana: "That's right."

"... Those two have some serious explanation about this." Weiss grunted.

"This is all nice and dandy, but we need to move. I bet your friends are worried about you guys." Morgana mentioned. "You can question us later when we're in the clear, now come on." He stated as he went towards the door. "You have your weapons, so I hope you are as capable of defend yourselves."

"We can hold our own, you little miscreant." Weiss stated defiantly.


As they exited the safe room they been in, they crept through the hallway quietly as they wondered where the guards are. "That's odd... I would've seen more guards here. Isn't this place a huge castle or something?" Jaune wondered.

"That is... odd..." Morgana agreed. "We'll need to be on alert. It's never this quiet, especially in a palace."

They continued to hurry through the halls as they managed to reach what looks like the door they've entered in from. "The exit, we're finally saved!" Jaune exclaimed.

But while the student huntsmen rushes towards the exit, Morgana noticed something off. "H-Hey, wait a sec-!"

Soon enough, a pair of Ninjas appeared above before them. "You assassins thought you'd escape here alive!?" One of the Shinobi questioned as it snapped its fingers as numerous samurais bursts through the doors and surrounded the group.

"Ahh! So close...!" Ruby stuttered as she back-steps from a swing from a ninja.

"The nerve to strike down our lord next, you will pay for you lives!" One of the shinobi declared.

"But we don't even know what your talking about, when did we ever planned some assassination!?" Ruby questioned but they ignored her as they dissolved into a black liquid and a figure morphed into a giant stone guardian along with demons in pots. "What the...!?" She staggered.

"Unbelievable! Don't just stand there, fight! The Shadows will kill you if you don't fight back!" Morgana exclaimed as he took his stand. "Come! Zorro!"

*Keeper of Lust

A surge of blast flew out as the huntsmen turned to Morgana as they see a black figure wielding a rapier with its oversized arms. "A persona!? How-"

"Here they come!" Morgana alerted as they drew their weapons.


The pair of demons in pots lunge towards them as Jaune blocked them with his shield but was forced back. "Gah!"

"Jaune!" Ruby exclaimed as she starts firing with Crescent Rose.

One of the demon in pot lunged towards Weiss as she attempt to parry away the attack, but the other demon rammed her from her flank, pushing her off her balance as she tripped. Ruby keeps firing as Zorro whips its rapier everywhere as it unleashed Magarula as it staggered the shadows back. "Come on you guys! You have to use your Personas if you want to survive! We're gonna be in trouble at rate!" Morgana exclaimed as he ordered Zorro to use Media on the Huntsmen.

"You're not joking around are you?" Weiss questioned as she stand back up.

The situation wasn't looking good. With the exit barred behind the fiends in front of them, they can't even use their semblance due to a familiar lock on their abilities and the only way to use their Persona is to rip their masks off.

It was looking bad... until Ruby heard a voice. "Why are you hesitating?" A female voice asked as a surge painful jolt zapped in her head, resulting in a major headache as she staggered around.

Weiss and Jaune looked to Ruby as she looked in pain. "R-Ruby? What's going on!?" Jaune asked as he and the heiress immediately turned to the surrounding Shadows creeping up on them.

"Ngh...! My head...!" Ruby grunted as the continuous pain kept drilling her.

*Awakening P5 ver.

"You have already come this far and you would hesitate to induce pain on yourself because of a method unknown? Do you not want to become a huntress? Something you've always dreamed of? Or will you just betray your own desires for your safety of your skin?" The voice questioned as Ruby recalls what Morgana told them.

"Well of course it's gonna hurt. If you guys are really huntsmen, then you'll have to deal with it. I'm pretty sure you already know that survival is't pretty." Morgana stated.

Knowing full well that pain by any means are normal for huntsman and huntresses, so what would ripping our own skin be any different. Ruby then planted Crescent Rose in the floor as she placed her hands of her mask. "Alright then. I am thou, thou art I. Thou hath continue to cross the path through damnation and live to see it through, and will continue do so! Be it so, for those who live and to the passing of others!" The voice declared.

In a cinematic scene, Ruby tighten her grip on her mask as she began to peel it off. "Grrrr...! Guh... Grrrrrraaaaaaaaaghh!"

"Ruby, what are you doing!?" Weiss exclaimed, eve more to her and Jaune's surprise and shock, they began to see blood spewing out as Ruby literally rip off her mask.

Peeling the mask was a slow process as blood gushed out. Soon enough, Ruby completely ripped her mask off as she screamed in pain as the bloody wound began to lit aflame blue. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ruby cried loudly as she was engulfed in the blue flame.

"RUBY!" Weiss and Jaune shouted in horror but then they two were also engulfed in the blue flame as well.

"About damn time..." Morgana sighed.

The Shadows grew impatient and passed Morgana as they charged towards the huntsmen in the blue flame until a gun shot rung as a pair of shots pierced through the flames and downed the demons in their pots as the stone giant stood there as the flame died out revealing the huntsman in their new outfits.

*Will Power

As Ruby opened her eyes as it flashed yellow and then back to silver, she noticed that she is wearing a gothic attire with red roses adorn on her with her usual hood covering her head along with her Persona Soma behind her. At least this time, Soma's color scheme looked entirely different. The purple colors is red and its hair color is now white instead of black.

"I am Soma Picaro, the rebel will within thy soul." Soma's voice echoed as the Persona spun its scythe and pointed at the enemies. "As you desire, I shall grant you this new power to break through this crisis." It told its user.

"Can you still help me out from this?" Ruby asked as she pulled Crescent Rose out as she took her fighting stance.

"As I always have." Soma bowed in responded.

"R-Ruby...? That get-up..." Jaune stuttered as he and Weiss noticed their outfit Weiss is now fully wearing a white-colored duelist attire and Jaune had more armor than he ever had.

"These outfits... how..." Weiss staggered.

"Never mind! Focus with all you've guys got!" Morgana commanded as they returned to the battle.

Ruby began to swing heavily as a huge whirlwind, Garula, rolled through the stone guardian, inflicting major damage to it. She then swung another Garula at the demon in the pot as that fell down as well. Ruby tries to swing another, but went weak as she dropped her scythe.

Just then the other demon in the pot casts Zio at Ruby as the jolt staggered her in a downed state. "Ruby!" Jaune exclaimed as he began to rip his mask off as well. "Odin, Rakukaja!" Jaune commanded as his Persona appeared while giving cover upon Ruby.

"... I guess I... don't have a choice..." Weiss grunted as she began to rip her mask off. Oddly, she realized the pain from ripping her mask off wasn't as painful as it should've. Weiss managed to summon her Persona; Shiva as it blasted Mabufula all over the enemy.

"You all still getting use to summoning your Persona? You still have a long way to go." Morgana scoff with confidence as Zorro blasted the last Shadow into a down state. "You all know what an all-out attack is right? Show no mercy!" He declared as they all rushed towards the enemy as they pummeled the shadows into smithereens.


As the Shadows dissipated the passage to the exit became clear. "Alright, the way's clear, let's go before-" Morgana exclaimed until another pair of Shinobi appeared, preventing them from escaping once more.

"Oh, come on...!" Jaune grunted.

As the enemies began to draw their weapons, the heard footsteps coming closer as they moved to the side allow the person entry. The person looked like a samurai garbbed faunus as he walked towards them. "So you all would struggle to escape? Admirable, but attempted assassination is still serious crime." the samurai told them.

"King Gaius!" One of the shadows exclaimed.

"King... Gaius?" Ruby muttered.

"The ruler of this palace, Gaius's shadow." Morgana told them as Shadow Gaius slowly drew his Katana.

"Do not think that you will escape so easily!" Shadow Gaius declared as he ready in his stance.

"W-Wait a second! We don't even know what's going on!" Jaune exclaimed.

The huntsmen staggers back until a new pair of voice rung out. "Garudyne!" A blast wind blew away the shinobi barring the door.

"Izanagi Picaro!" A figure flew pass the huntsmen and thrust is naginata on Shadow Gaius but he manage to block an attack from a being twice his size himself.

"What the... that Persona!" Weiss staggered as it looked like Izanagi but the color scheme looked different. Unlike the original Persona, this Izanagi had more red over the white schemes.

Soon enough, two people appeared and stood between the Shadows and the students. "Are you guys alright?" The masked grey-headed individual masked person asked. He had a black trench coat with a grey bodysuit underneath with a white headband covering his eyes as the pair of long ends extends down to the knee-level.

"Huh... Who are you... wait, Yu!?" Ruby realized.

"H-Huh!?" Yu staggered with surprise.

"How did you..." The Ninja with the headphones questioned. He was garbbed in a ninja attire with a mask covering his mouth up to his nose and had a pair of headphones on him.

"Those headphones... Yosuke!?" Weiss exclaimed.

"Are we that noticeable...?" The ninja now known as Yosuke stuttered.

"Yu... and... that girl..." Shadow Gaius glared at the grey-haired Persona User and then to Ruby, sighing heavily afterwards. "I suggest that you take your friends and leave. Do not ever set foot in my castle or you and your friends will be hunted down." He ordered as he walked away while his soldiers gathered before them.

"I think it's time we bail, now!" Yosuke suggested as he and Jaune opened the door as they escaped.


The group sprinted away as they slipped into a corner around the block. The students were all grasping for air. "It's a relief that you guys are okay." Yu said with relief.

"Yeah, but... what is the meaning of this!? I thought the Black Fang was a guild that anyone can enter, but those deranged fiends were intent on killing us!" Weiss questioned angrily.

"Oh, yeah... about that. Hold on, let's get out of here first." Yosuke suggested as he turned to his partner as he nodded in response as Yu took his cell scroll out.

"What are you talking about... Huh!?" Ruby asked but then the three Beacon students saw their surrounding distort.

While the students disappeared, Morgana, at a distant, watched them leave. "Well, that's one sharp needle in our infiltration." He told himself as he continues to talk to himself. "Still... perhaps they could be of use. Especially the new girl with the cape... Anyways, I guess I'll have to tell my crew the rescue was a success..." He muttered as he walked away.


Back with the students, the three young huntsmen, realize their surround atmosphere changed, the clear sky showed as it near its dusk, even bystanding civilians appeared, minding their own business as they weren't paying attention to the students. Even their outfits dissipated, reverting back to their school uniforms

"Wha- wait, what just happened!?" Weiss questioned bemusedly.

"You have returned to the real world. Welcome back." A voice monotonously stated on Yu's cell scroll.

"Returned...? What was that anyways...? We almost got killed back there." Jaune wondered as he winced.

"Let's just say that was another version of... the TV world." Yosuke stated.

"Another version of the TV world? Seriously?" Jaune asked much to their surprise.

"It's been going on just recently. Ever since the Phantom Thieves appeared." Yu mentioned.

"Phantom Thieves? Now that you mentioned it, a weird cat mentioned you guys... wait, where did that cat go?" Ruby recalls as she, Weiss, and Jaune looks around for it, but no avail due to the crowd around them.

"So what is going on Narukami? What do you two know about those ruffians?" Weiss demand her question.

They both looked to each other as gave their pained expression. "That's... a long story..." Yosuke said as he turns to Yu. "You think it's best that we tell them and the others?" He asked.

"We definitely owe them and explanation." Yu agreed as they turn to their Beacon friends. "I think it's best we tell you and the others about that 'place'. They were all looking for you guys."

"Oh, that's right! Yang and the others were headed over there!" Ruby realized as Weiss and Jaune also had exclamation marks over their heads.

"The Black Fang HQ?!" Jaune staggered as they rushed to the HQ.

"Hey wait!" Yosuke yelled at them by his voice went through depth ear as the ran around the corner. "Yeah, we're gonna need explain a lot." He guessed as his team leader agreed as they followed them back to the Black Fang HQ, little to what the Beacon students saw instead.


A/N: Okay, man, I couldn't even finish this in December and It was intent on finishing this before Christmas too. Still I hope this seems good to you guys.

If you guys haven't notice the [ and ] symbols, it means they speaking in a different language, the reason they were able to understand it was because their friends, who can speak and understand the language, are translating. In fact... would be possible... if those who entered the metaverse, would it be possible to learn the language because of they were able to understand their cognition and thoughts?

Gaius's Palace is a completely original arc, so I hope you guys won't mind.

Also you guys would wonder what I implemented in this chapter. For starters, you wonder why they only have their masks on before their Persona spoke to them? That because they were able to summon them before they entered the palace. It's just the new method they had to adapt to. The fact that these Persona Users were using a different method. Even their attire wasn't appearing because of it.

Yu and Ruby's Persona, given to the conditions, I added Picaro to the wild cards as they rip their masks off so does triggering the chain reaction on their friends they've bond with, thus their teammates will have a free pass from the pain, all thanks to the leaders ripping theirs off first. And I'm certain Minato will acquire his, but at a later date, of course.

As to the costumes, I did implemented their costume from my view. Yu's costume is similar to Raiden from the Metal Gear games, some of Yosuke's ninja attire is from FFXIV: Heavensward, swapping the head gear with a mask over his nose and mouth and his trademark headphones, Jaune's outfit is that of a knight, of course, and Weiss's duelist attire is from a Red Mage from FFXIV: Stormblood, but the color scheme is all white instead of red, and Ruby's... well... lot's of red roses...

I may have to ask for commissions on deviantart one of theses days, but yeah.

Also, about Tokyo Mirage Sessions... If I'm gonna implement that in the story, I may have to research it and likely make a lot of changes. For example, the Mirage masters and their Mirages... Perhaps I could consider them as another type of Persona; Mirage Personas, Persona that bears a separate will of its own as they work together with their wielder. Even better, seeing how both games take place in a the same settings and so.

Anyways, Happy New Years everyone!

And here's a Omake skit. 1 for now, unfortunately.


Life of Zwei and Koromaru

Zwei was napping inside Team RWBY's drom as Ruby notices him. "Man, I wish I were a dog."

"They got the easy life." Ken agreed as he passes her room as she follows him with their books in hand.

Just then Koromaru enters the room. "Zwei! It's time!" Koromaru barked as Zwei stood up and followed the Shiba out of the room.


Jaune was surrounded by Beowolves and both Zwei and Koromaru intervened as barked them off. "I'm saved!" Jaune exclaimed.


"Red... or blue...? Thisisn't good, I'm out of time...!" Naoto grunted as she tries to defuse a bomb. Soon enough, Koromaru appears and bit off the blue wire, halting the timer on 1. "Good boy, Koromaru-san, I'm saved." Naoto sighed with relief.


"How the hell did you lose that accessory!?" Yosuke questioned Weiss as they searched for her missing necklace.

"I don't know how! Oh, Father is going kill me...!" Weiss panicked as Zwei approached her with her missing necklace. "Oh! Never mind! I'm saved!" Weiss sighed with relief as Yosuke sighed as well.


The villians were down as Zwei and Koromaru stood tall in triumphant. "My... plans... My Neferious plans...! My evil schemes... all ruined! Curse you adorable meddlesome dogs!" Cinder grunted.

Soon enough, Koromaru went to mark his territory on... Adachi. "Huh...!? Nonono! Aaaauugh!" He yelped.

After a beating day of hard work Zwei and Koromaru returned to Team RWBY's room as they laid down on the rug as Ruby then appeared at the door. "Just like I left you. And Koromaru decided to join you. Don't you guys do anything all day?" Ruby wondered out loud. "C'mon guys, let's go play outside!" She commanded as Zwei and Koromaru whined in response. "What a pair of lazy butts."


*Wake up, Get up, Get out there - Shoji Meguro, Lyn Inaizumi

*Beneath the Mask - Shoji Meguro

*Keeper of Lust - Shoji Meguro

*Awakening P5 ver. - Shoji Meguro

*Will Power - Shoji Meguro